2025 Sufi Festival Events Volunteer

Sufi Festival
VO102935

The 2025 Sufi Festival is taking place on the 19th and 20th of July 2025 at the Tramway and The Hidden Gardens in the Southside of Glasgow. We hold the Sufi Festival every 2-3 years and this years events is our most ambitious ever.

The main two-day festival Sufi Festival is spread across the Tramway and the Hidden Gardens, the Sufi Festival opens a door into the art and culture of Sufism, from music, poetry and theatre, to art and craft, storytelling, and ritual ceremonies of devotion. There are also a host of talks by leading academics and Sufi scholars about the history, ideas, and relevance of Sufism in the world today. There are also workshops for festival-goers to get hands-on in the craft of Sufi art, poetry and calligraphy.

The Sufi Festival welcomes all people of all ages, abilities, faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds to come and share in an authentic exposition of Sufism organised by practicing Sufis, a cultural experience of Islamic art, culture and heritage in the heart of Scotland’s most diverse and multicultural community in the heart of Glasgow’s Southside.

The types of opportunities on offer are wide and varied and will cover such areas as:

Team Leaders

PR / Social Media

Box Office Assistants

Stewards

Runners

Artist Liaison Assistants

Crew Catering Assistants

Stage Hands

Production Office Assistants

Decor Crew

Set up & take-down crew

Fundraising Assistants

We are seeking volunteers for the both days, 19th and 20th July, if you can only volunteer one of the days that is fine. All volunteers will be expected to attend a full day volunteer induction taking place in the middle of June, approximately one month before the event.

This role is aimed at people over the age of 16.

If you would like to apply register and then click the 'apply' button. The volunteer coordinator will be in touch with you within 5-7 working days for a chat to discuss the recruitment process.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sufi Festival Team

If you are interested please click the ‘apply’ button below (available when logged in and registered). You will then be contacted by the coordinator by email. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organisation with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow on 0141 226 3431.

Experience required

Kind, caring, attention to detail and love giving great customer service. If you have experience of event planning or involved in delivering events that would be amazing, but if not, it's okay, as long as you are willing to learn, we can teach you!

Travel details

East Pollokshield's Train Station; buses on Pollokshaws Road

Travel expenses

Reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in travelling to volunteer - this will only be equivalent to public transport, receipts need to be supplied as part of the claim for expenses.

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